Process Monitor

The Process Monitor monitors Windows processes when assigned to an Agent. The Process Monitor is multi-functional; it can notify you when a process has exceeded the threshold of CPU usage you specify and it can track when processes are started or terminated.

Each Process Monitor item supports multiple match criteria. Use the Add button to add a match criterion. Use the Delete button to remove a listed match criterion. Double-click any listed item to edit it.

Process Monitor

Click the Add button to enter the name of the process or processes you want to monitor.

Note
The name of the process to monitor is derived from the Processes object in Windows.  This name does not always match what you see in Task Manager.  You should verify the name of the process you wish to monitor by using a utility such as Performance Monitor.

You may use the asterisk (*) as a wildcard character, a pipe (|) as an OR operator, the ampersand (&) as an AND operator, and the exclamation point (!) as a NOT operator.  Process names can be entered on separate lines for exclusion.  For example, to exclude the _Total and Idle processes, you can enter them like this:

!_Total

!Idle

Click OK to save your changes.

Select a line in the Processes to Monitor window and click the Delete button to remove the line from the list.

Note
The Default pre configured Process Monitor is setup to watch all processes with the exception of _Total and Idle.

Thresholds

Enter threshold triggers for the Process Monitor.

CPU Usage

•Warning when % Processor Time is greater than - Executes the enabled CPU Warning Actions when the CPU utilization of a monitored process exceeds the value.

•Error when % Processor Time is greater than - Executes the enabled CPU Error Actions when the CPU utilization of a monitored process exceeds the value.

Note
The ELM Process Monitor recognizes multi-processor systems and calculates an overall system utilization. For example, given a quad-processor system and the processor utilizations shown, system utilization would be about one-third:
 
 Processor 0 =  25% utilization
 Processor 1 =  50% utilization
 Processor 2 =  25% utilization
 Processor 3 =  50% utilization
Total               = 150%
 Possible      = 400%
 System       = 150/400 = 37.5% utilization

Number of Processes With the Same Name

•Warning when the number is greater than - Executes the enabled Process Count Warning Actions when the number of processes with the same name exceeds the value.

•Error when the number is greater than - Executes the enabled Process Count Error Actions when the number of processes with the same name exceeds the value.

Process Starts or Stops

Process Monitors can notify you when a process is started or terminated. These settings can be found on the New Process and Process Ended tabs of the Process Monitor's Actions dialog.

Actions

•CPU Error (Error) 5534 - A monitored process is using more CPU than the Error when % Processor Time is Greater Than value specified under Thresholds (see above).

•CPU Warning (Warning) 5533 - A monitored process is using more CPU than the Warning when % Processor Time is Greater Than value specified under Thresholds (see above).

•New Process (Informational) 5535 - A new process was found in the list of monitored processes.

•Process Ended (Warning) 5536 - A process disappeared from the list of monitored processes.

Monitory Category

Displays the Monitoring Categories to which the Monitor item is assigned. Click to select or deselect Monitoring Categories. Click New to create or Properties to Edit Monitoring Categories.

Agents

Displays the Agents to which the Monitor item is assigned.  Click to select or deselect individual agents. Click New to deploy an agent or Properties to View/Edit an existing agent.

Schedule

Displays the Scheduled Interval and Scheduled Hours settings which control the frequency for the Monitor Item.

Scheduled Interval tab

Specify the interval at which the monitoring, polling or action is to occur. Depending on the Monitor Item type, Items can be scheduled in interval increments of Seconds, Minutes, Hours and Days. The Scheduled Interval is relative to the top of the hour or top of the minute. For example, if a Scheduled Interval is configured for 10 minutes, the Monitor Item will execute at hh:10:00, hh:20:00, hh:30:00, hh:40:00, hh:50:00, h1:00:00, etc. If a Scheduled Interval is configured for 15 seconds, the Monitor Item will execute at hh:00:15, hh:00:30, hh:00:45, hh:01:00, hh:01:15, etc.

Scheduled Hours tab

Select the days and/or hours this item is active. By default, the schedule is set to ON for all hours and all days. Mouse clicks toggle squares between ON and OFF. Clicking on an individual square will toggle the active schedule for that hour. Clicking on an hour at the top of the grid, or on a day of the week at the left of the grid will toggle the corresponding column or row. Keyboard equivalents are the arrow keys and the space bar.